Maluku migrants arrive in Bandung

Maluku migrants arrive in Bandung

BANDUNG: About 143 West Java transmigrant settlers arrived
here from riot-torn North Maluku on Thursday night, state railway
company PT KAI's spokesman Akhmad Sujadi said.

"We provided them with meals before they headed back to their
hometowns," Akhmad said on Friday.

The people came from the neighboring West Java towns of
Sukabumi, Garut and from Bandung regency. They settled in a
transmigration area in Sukamaju village in Tobelo, North Maluku.

Some of them were in poor health and said they fled their
village to escape prolonged violence.

"There is no security guarantee there. How could we profit
from staying if it meant losing our lives," Subadri, one of the
migrants, said. (25/edt)